All 4 Uses of
conscience
in
The Celestial Railroad
- This served as a theme for Mr. Smooth-it-away, Mr. Livefor-the-world, Mr. Hide-sin-in-the-heart, Mr. Scaly-conscience, and a knot of gentlemen from the town of Shun-repentance, to descant upon the inestimable advantages resulting from the safety of our baggage.†
conscience = feeling or appraisal of having personally behaved in a morally right or wrong manner
- There was a sort of stock or scrip, called Conscience, which seemed to be in great demand, and would purchase almost anything.†
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- Indeed, few rich commodities were to be obtained without paying a heavy sum in this particular stock, and a man's business was seldom very lucrative unless he knew precisely when and how to throw his hoard of conscience into the market.†
- They were the same whom Apollyon and ourselves had persecuted with taunts, and gibes, and scalding steam, at the commencement of our journey—the same whose unworldly aspect and impressive words had stirred my conscience amid the wild revellers of Vanity Fair.†
Definition:
feeling or judgment of morally right or wrong personal behavior